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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Stigmella » prunifoliella group (Stigmella prunifoliella group) » Stigmella prunifoliella - Hodges#0070 (Stigmella prunifoliella)
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Pelham road leaf miner on Prunus species D2710 Stigmella 2020 4 - Stigmella prunifoliella
Copyright © 2020 Tracy S. Feldman

Pelham road leaf miner on Prunus species D2710 Stigmella 2020 4 - Stigmella prunifoliella
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
October 26, 2020
Stigmella prunifoliella--I am not sure which Prunus species this is--it just popped up in my yard over the last few months...
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 29 October, 2020 - 11:24pm
Last updated 1 November, 2020 - 7:25am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

We'll assume prunifoliella for now; oxyacanthella is a pretty remote chance I think.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 November, 2020 - 7:25am login or register to post comments

Does the mine start at the midrib?
It should if it's prunifoliella. It isn't out of the question for this to be S. oxyacanthella.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 October, 2020 - 4:27pm login or register to post comments

 
At the very least, the mine s
At the very least, the mine starts close to the midrib--it looks like it is just off the midrib (a few mm away from it, often on a secondary vein), but it could be that I am missing the true starting point.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 31 October, 2020 - 9:38pm login or register to post comments

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